Buckle



(No Model.)

D. FRBER.

BUCKLE. No. 304,720. Patented Sept. 9, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT UEETCE- DAVID'EREEE, or BLUE EARTH, MiNNEsoTA.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,720, dated September 9, 1884.

Application led May 23, 1884.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID FEEER, a citizen of the United. States, residing at Blue Earth, in the county of Faribault and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Buckle, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying sists in the improved construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a buckle constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the strap applied thereto. Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section of the same;l and Fig..3 is a perspective view of the buckle, the strap beingldetached there from. y

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to corresponding parts in the several figures, A represents a buckle embodying my invention, which is constructed as follows:

B represents the sides, which are connected on theirV upper sides, at one end of the same,

Y by 'means of a cross vbar, a', and upon their under sides, at the other or opposite end, by means of a cross-bar, I). Upon the under side of the sides, at the end at which the cross-bar c is located, the sides are extended, as shown at c, and are connected at their ends by means of a cross-bar, e, thus forming, in. connection with the cross-bar c, a tuck-loop,

-45 f, through which passes the strap, as will be fully described. The sides at the other end, and upon the upper side thereof, are extended similarly and are connected by a cross-bar, g, forming, in connection with the cross -bar b, a tuck-loop, 71. It will thus be (No model.)

with the cross-bars and bars at the ends of the extensions, as the strap would in this ease be flush with the sides; but, as shown, the entire thickness of -the strap is exposed, in order,

as before mentioned, that the strap may be readily withdrawn or removed.

At about the center of the sides of the buckle is provided a tongue-bar, C, whichhas mounted, to turn loosely thereon, two tongues, a b', the tongue c resting on the under side of the bar e, while the tongueb rests upon the upper side of the bar g. The tongue c is provided with two ears, which are bent around the tongue-bar in suchmanner as to leave aspace between them, in which space the tongue b is located, thus preventing any lateral move` ment of the same.

In applying a strap to the above-described buckle, one end, r, of the same is passed through the tuck-loop f, and engages with the tongue a', and then passedinto thetuck-loop h, resting upon. the upper side of the bar b. The strap is then doubled to form a loop, y, and the other end, e, is passed under the bar c, engaged with the tongue b', and passed between the bars I) g, which forni the tuck-loop 7L.

It will be seen from the above description that by the use of my invention various parts of a harness may be quickly and securely connected without the necessity of any sewing or riveting 5 further, constructed as above described,is of simple construction,1nay be manufactured and supplied at a slight cost, and forms an effective means for the purposes mentioned.

I am aware of the patent to Edwin, No. 299,212, May 27, 1884, and do not claim 1any-- thing shown therein, as it does not attain the objects of my invention.

IOO

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described buckle, comprising the sides B, connected at one end on their upper sides by a cross-bar, a, and at their opposite ends on the under side by :L cross-bar, b, said sides being extended at each end, respectively, above and below the cross-bars b a, to form tuck-loops f h, and a tongue-bar, C, provided with two pivoted tongues extending in oppol site directions, one of which is formed with ears bent around the bar, so as to leave a space for the reception ofthe other tongue, one tongue resting on the cross-bar g of the loop h, and the other resting on the under side of bare of the loop f, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed n1y signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID FREER.

Vitnesses:

D. F. GooDRIcI-I, L. N. NICHOLS. 

